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Newegg now shipping 34nm Intel SSD!

jimthegreek said:
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I doubt they'll refund. I'll wait for some testing between the first and second gen. I may just opt and buy the 2nd gen as well. I could use the first gen in my 13" uMBP
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They have to refund, you have 14-days remorse period when buying online.
 
Just posting these here as well since we seem to have two threads:
Some general impressions:

It's a lot lighter than a traditional hard drive, and also runs much cooler. Though I've never noticed heat coming from my old HDD while in my Unibody Macbook, which I can't understand because I have no idea how Apple is cooling it. I'm guessing/pretty sure my battery life has increased with it. I'm sure the 34nm process helped with all of this.

As far as actual performance gains go, once the computer has booted to the desktop, it's immediately completely usable. Resumption from sleep is likewise a little faster as well. This really brings to attention how long the computer takes to connect to the router, as the computer is ready and rearing to go while the airport is still deciding what to do. Snow Leopard will really help with this.

Otherwise, I haven't done anything intensive yet to test the performance, but altogether, it is as if a lag that I didn't even know was there has been removed from the computer, and it's like I can't believe we've been living with this laggy performance in our computers for all these years. Is it lightening fast OMG amazing!! ? No, I wouldn't really say that it reaches the hype and fabled performance gains that people tout when they're talking about SSDs. A lot better, yes, but like most hardware upgrades to an existing system, in most cases, it's like, "Is this it?" Though I would have to say that out of any hardware upgrade that I've ever done, the SSD has made the biggest noticeable improvement.

But like I said, all I've done is booted my Macbook and launched a bunch of Apps. I haven't really done anything too intensive yet.
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bugout said:
and they're gone again... :D
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I got pretty worried about the fact that the item became "Deactivated". I ended up chatting with NewEgg about it affecting the shipment of the 160GB that I ordered and they said my item is being prepared for shipment. I guess not, but I'm still crossing my fingers.
 
Clarification

Just to clear up the confusion, Newegg (US) did post both of these earlier today, although the 80GB has been listed as out of stock since it was posted. There was a brief window where you could purchase the 160GB, but both have since been removed from public listings. Keep working those Command-R keys, gentlemen.
 
Bakkalohriat said:
Just to clear up the confusion, Newegg (US) did post both of these earlier today, although the 80GB has been listed as out of stock since it was posted. There was a brief window where you could purchase the 160GB, but both have since been removed from public listings. Keep working those Command-R keys, gentlemen.
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Well I've got the 80GB 34nm on it's way (free 3 day)

So it was in stock late last night, then went out of stock for a while, then back in stock, then de-activated.

phew...:D
 
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I just bought a WD Scorpio Blue 500 for $65. I'd love an SSD but they are still highly cost ineffective.
 
mcdj said:
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I just bought a WD Scorpio Blue 500 for $65. I'd love an SSD but they are still highly cost ineffective.
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Where?
 
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gan6660 said:
Where?
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eBay.
 
For everyone that has a G2 on order:

***Public Service Announcement***

Intel has informed me of a bug in the X25-M G2 shipping firmware (02G2). This bug is specific to setting a hard drive password in your BIOS. If you have set a BIOS HDD password, then subsequently change or disable that password, the SSD may become inoperable. Intel is correcting the issue in firmware and will be posting a fix shortly. In summary:

* DO NOT set a BIOS HDD password on an X25-M G2.
* If you already have, DO NOT CHANGE OR DISABLE the BIOS HDD password.

It will be safe to do either of the above once the X25-M G2 is flashed to a newer firmware to be released by Intel shortly. Firmware, when available, can be reached by this not-yet-live link.
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From http://pcper.com/article.php?aid=750
 
mcdj said:
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eBay.
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cost effective for me is shaving down time, 500gb drives are slow as death....compared to ssd's

the ssd saves me time and tons of money.
 
Meh, the prices are within $100 of the old model and the performance is minimally better. Enjoy the new hardware for those of you getting this. I found that my SSD was easily the best upgrade available.
 
Newegg still has them deactivated. :( I wonder how long before they are back up.
 
these prices are great, though If i was in the market, I'd wait till amazon has it in stock to avoid california sales tax.
 
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